97- Promise

“Here, your tie’s a little crooked. Let me fix it for you.”

Edwardo bent down to redo Michael’s tie. Michael had been staying over the past few days, taking things easy and trying to rest up and focus on both the court case and his proposal for the city’s ad campaign. Howard had been more than happy to give him as much time as he needed from the bakery, especially with how obviously the stress from it all had been getting to him.

Today was the first day of the trial against the shipping company for negligence and blatant disregard for employee welfare. More importantly, it was to prove that they actively discriminated against their omega employees. It was a big deal. This was the whole case that sparked the Justice for Omegas movement in the first place.

Michael was nervous. That much was obvious. At least Edwardo was being patient.

It had taken a whole day and trips to four different shops t